Manicouagan Plateau

The Manicouagan uplands form part of the rugged Laurentian country north of the St. Lawrence. Forested hills and deep valleys are crossed by rivers running toward the great estuary. Innu families travelled through this interior to hunt and fish, some spending seasons around large lakes such as Manicouagan. In 1664 a group took the Jesuit Henri Nouvel inland from the coast, carrying canoes between waterways on the journey to the lake.